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TIL Pakistan has planted over a billion trees in 2 years time

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VNGD TIL: Lichen is a combination of algae and fungus growing together and forming a new life form
vZQj TIL that 1 in 10,000 people have situs inversus, where the organs in their body are mirrored. There also exist “mirrored twins”; identical twins, one normal and the other with situs inversus
78r0O TIL Uber developed a secret program called "Greyball" to avoid lawsuits, Uber would try to identify government officials and give them a fake version of the Uber app that showed inaccurate information about driver locations and didn't allow any rides to be hailed.
X0e8j TIL that the anonymous executioner of King Charles I of England, did not proclaim the usual “behold the head of a traitor” line. It is thought that this was because of their fear that someone would recognise their voice.
LQ1EV TIL that the painting “Head of Christ”, an American view of Jesus, has been dubbed the “best-known American artwork of the 20th century” based in terms of widespread diffusion despite few people knowing the name of its author (Warner E. Sallman).